| Excerpt: | The agency responsible for the protection of Congress' meeting place, the headquarters of the government of the United States, will be getting a major leadership overhaul. |
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| Published at: | 6:08 PM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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Monthly Archives: January 2021
Three out of four members of the Capitol Police Board are gone or on their way out
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory affirmed by Congress with all electoral votes counted
| Excerpt: | Thankfully, the lawsuits have failed, the Electoral College has voted, and its votes counted by Congress. Democracy has prevailed, and the candidates chosen by the people of the United States have been properly acknowledged as the winners of the election |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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Joe Biden, Jay Inslee denounce Trump-incited terrorist attack on the United States Capitol
| Excerpt: | Read or watch what America's forty-sixth president and Washington's chief executive had to say about the violent insurrection of January 6th, 2021. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 PM on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | National Defense, Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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Trump’s fascist goons launch physical attack on democracy, storm United States Capitol
| Excerpt: | The insurrection began following a rally held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to protest the 2020 presidential election results, at which Donald Trump urged participants to go to, and enter, the Capitol building. |
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| Published at: | 12:40 PM on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers joins plot to nullify Biden-Harris victory; Dan Newhouse declines
| Excerpt: | McMorris Rodgers will have the distinction of being the only Republican from Washington State to participate in the plot, as the state's other two Republicans have announced they will not be objecting to the election results. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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Both Georgia Senate races ridiculously tight; Democratic challengers favored to win
| Excerpt: | That the Democrats could even make a pair of runoff elections in a southern state this close is something many political prognosticators would have dismissed as an utter fantasy just a few months ago, or even a weeks ago. |
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| Published at: | 8:55 PM on Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | GA-Sen |
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Polls have closed in Georgia; early results in Senate runoff elections now trickling in
| Excerpt: | As voting draws to a close in the Peach Tree State, the counting has kicked into high gear. No conclusions can really be drawn from early results, but there is data available to look at. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | GA-Sen |
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After many years, victory in Georgia could finally be within the Democratic Party’s grasp
| Excerpt: | Regardless of whether or not the party wins the Georgia Senate runoffs, it will have competed fiercely, and left pretty much everything out on the field. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 PM on Monday, January 4th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | GA-Sen |
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Leaked audio offers fresh evidence that Trump is a criminal: Impeach him again
| Excerpt: | New articles of impeachment should be promptly bought against Donald Trump. The leaked tape alone provides ample evidence that Trump is engaged in criminal behavior and is violating the oath of office he took to protect and defend the Constitution. |
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| Published at: | 7:20 PM on Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Fair Elections, Impeachment |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (Dec. 28th-Jan. 1st, 2021)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of the CASH Act and House and Senate repassage of the National Defense Authorization Act, which will now be implemented because each chamber mustered the two-thirds threshold needed to override Trump's veto. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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More treachery: Anti-American Republican senators say they’re joining effort to throw out Electoral College results on January 6th
| Excerpt: | Their ultimate goal is to create a mechanism for changing enough Electoral College votes to keep Trump in office. Never mind what the voters said and did. |
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| Published at: | 9:31 PM on Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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U.S. Senate overrides Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act
| Excerpt: | The 2020 incarnation of the appropriations bill that funds the United States military will become law without Donald Trump's signature after more than two-thirds of the U.S. Senate voted for its implementation. |
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| Published at: | 12:45 PM on Friday, January 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, National Defense, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Effective Procurement, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Banished Words for 2021
| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-sixth List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness -- plus NPI's additions! |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Friday, January 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays, Humor & Satire |
| Tags: | Banished Words, New Year's |
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Militant right wing violence and intimidation is sadly as American as cherry pie